- Killings during insurgency
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KATHMANDU, DEC 28 -
Thirteen UCPN (Maoist) cadres from Okhaldhunga on Tuesday filed two separate writs at the Supreme Court demanding that the court scrap the arrest warrant against them. The warrants were issued in connection with two murders that took place during the insurgency. One Masta Tamang was murdered on Jan.10, 2005 while Guru Prasad Luintel was killed on Sept. 24, 2004. Maoists were charged with killing them.
On July 2, Okhaldhunga District Court had issued an arrest warrant against seven Maoist cadres-Kul Bahadur Khatri, Jagbir Rai, Mohan Kumar Khadka, Tanka Bahadur Khatri, Purna Bahadur Khadka, Binda Kumari Magar and Narayan Giri on a charge of murdering Masta Tamang on Jan. 10, 2005.
On the same date, the district court had issued an arrest warrant against six other Maoist cadres-Nandan Hari Dahal, Top Kumari Basnet (Khatri), Tilak Bahadur Khadka, Anita Ghimire, Baburam Gautam and Mohan Khadka-on a charge of murdering Guru Prasad Luintel, teacher of Gyan Prasad Secondary School, on Sept. 24, 2003.
The court had ordered police to produce the Maoist cadres accused in both cases before court within 70 days from the date of arrest warrant issuance. However, none of them has been arrested so far.
In both writs, petitioners have argued that the warrant issued for their arrest on murder charges is illegal as it is against the norms of the Interim Constitution and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which have proposed for special transitional provisions, such as Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to deal with cases that took place during the decade-long armed conflict.
They have argued that Section 8 (4) of the CPA and Article 33 of the Interim Constitution have clearly stated to constitute a high-level truth and reconciliation commission to investigate the violations of human rights and crimes against humanity committed during the course of the armed conflict and to create an environment for reconciliation in the society.
Posted on: 2010-12-29 08:04
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/12/28/nation/okhadhunga-maoist-cadres-move-apex-court/216588/
Thirteen UCPN (Maoist) cadres from Okhaldhunga on Tuesday filed two separate writs at the Supreme Court demanding that the court scrap the arrest warrant against them. The warrants were issued in connection with two murders that took place during the insurgency. One Masta Tamang was murdered on Jan.10, 2005 while Guru Prasad Luintel was killed on Sept. 24, 2004. Maoists were charged with killing them.
On July 2, Okhaldhunga District Court had issued an arrest warrant against seven Maoist cadres-Kul Bahadur Khatri, Jagbir Rai, Mohan Kumar Khadka, Tanka Bahadur Khatri, Purna Bahadur Khadka, Binda Kumari Magar and Narayan Giri on a charge of murdering Masta Tamang on Jan. 10, 2005.
On the same date, the district court had issued an arrest warrant against six other Maoist cadres-Nandan Hari Dahal, Top Kumari Basnet (Khatri), Tilak Bahadur Khadka, Anita Ghimire, Baburam Gautam and Mohan Khadka-on a charge of murdering Guru Prasad Luintel, teacher of Gyan Prasad Secondary School, on Sept. 24, 2003.
The court had ordered police to produce the Maoist cadres accused in both cases before court within 70 days from the date of arrest warrant issuance. However, none of them has been arrested so far.
In both writs, petitioners have argued that the warrant issued for their arrest on murder charges is illegal as it is against the norms of the Interim Constitution and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which have proposed for special transitional provisions, such as Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to deal with cases that took place during the decade-long armed conflict.
They have argued that Section 8 (4) of the CPA and Article 33 of the Interim Constitution have clearly stated to constitute a high-level truth and reconciliation commission to investigate the violations of human rights and crimes against humanity committed during the course of the armed conflict and to create an environment for reconciliation in the society.
Posted on: 2010-12-29 08:04
http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/12/28/nation/okhadhunga-maoist-cadres-move-apex-court/216588/
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